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I found a link to this site that will try to predict the baby’s size/gender/hair color/etc. It asked me a bunch of weird questions (What’s the last animal I saw? How many rings do I wear? Do I paint my toes and fingernails?). And if it’s right I’m in big trouble. Not only because we are planning for the baby to be the wrong sex (and his name doesn’t work very well for a girl), but also because he’s (she’s??) apparently a monster baby. Here’s what it says:

The day you deliver, outside will be cold. Your baby will arrive in the early morning. After a labor lasting approximately 15 hours, your child, a girl, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 15 pounds, 6 ounces, and will be 22-1/2 inches long. This child will have light violet eyes and curly black hair.

Oh, and considering Ryan is fair-haired and I was blond when I was little and have darkish brown hair now I find it hard to believe our child will have black hair. But this came from the internet, and the internet never lies, right? Anyway, I thought I should give you all the information just in case anyone wants to change their guess. And if you haven’t guessed you can still do so – right up until the baby comes.

In other pregnancy news, there isn’t really any. I think I’ve finally hit the point where I am pretty much ready to be done, although I’m definitely willing to wait as long as necessary (unlike the girl on the forum I read who was asking how to break her own water. Um, WHAT? Yikes…). My back is sore, I can’t sleep or turn over in bed without major issues any more, it’s getting harder and harder for me to get out of chairs/the couch/any seated position, and putting on my socks is becoming such an ordeal that I’ve considered going barefoot. In February in Minnesota. But, all that being said I know I still have it pretty good. My back pain/trouble sleeping is nothing compared to a lot of people, and the rest is mostly just inconvenience. I’ll be ok. I’ll just be very excited to have it all over with at some point.

Well, maybe “problem fixed” would be more accurate.  All is well in Totally Serial blog land again.

In other news, what is the deal with the Twins’ pitching?  Having a 10-0 lead is no excuse for giving up 7 runs and having the tying run at bat.  Don’t get me wrong, I love the Twins, but if by some miracle they end up winning their division, how are they supposed to go up against the likes of the Yankees in the play-offs if they can’t help but give up 7 runs to the Royals?

I feel like I should probably update, but there isn’t really anything going on. Wausau was fabulous, as expected, and the car didn’t revolt against us for taking it into the state. Someday I will have to share my Wisconsin experiences. They are about 5 years old now, so getting to the point where they aren’t so painful…err…painfully embarrassing maybe is a better way of putting it.

My birthday was splendid. Ryan is a good husband and got me Season 5 of The Office, a cd I wanted (that brings my collection to at least 15!) and the game Sing Star for the Playstation 3. It’s a karaoke game, and from the little we’ve tried it out it seems like fun. Of course, like most games these days, they give you a limited number of songs and you can buy more online. Which I will of course do because what better use for my hard earned cash than spending it on songs that I can sing along to a couple times a month max?

This week we went out to dinner with friends in town to celebrate my birthday, which was fun. And the waitress loves us and got us fried ice cream for free (even though I would have paid for it). Yum. And I ate a pepper stuffed with cheese and deep fried for dinner. Was it delicious? YES. Was it healthy? Probably not so much. But I’ll rationalize it anyway – cheese is dairy! Peppers are a vegetable! Breading! It was almost all the food groups!

Ryan is on call for work this week, so we are mostly laying low. No big plans for the weekend or anything, which is nice. This summer has involved a lot of running, so it’s good to spend some time at home. Plus, we’ll be driving up north for Oktoberfest in my mom’s hometown the next weekend. It’s her birthday that weekend, and it’s a milestone one, so there is sure to be a celebration of some sort. I can’t wait! Pictures will follow, hopefully.

They are doing construction in our office. We are expanding into the office space next door, so that was getting completely renovated, and now they are moving into our actual space. They are installing a sprinkler system while they go, so there’s a lot of ceiling work and hammering and sawing and stuff. Good times. The ceiling pieces were falling on my head yesterday for a bit. Just little ones, though – no work comp injuries here! Hopefully they will be done soon. I kind of wish they would just give us a few days off and they could just crank it all out, but that’s not going to happen.

I’m hungry. Also I don’t know how to close out this entry, so why not with a totally random statement? Snack time!

Ryan and I are heading to Wausau for the weekend to visit some friends. It’s also my birthday this weekend, and I have informed him that he owes me big time for having to celebrate my birthday in Wisconsin. Wisconsin and I generally do not get along. It’s a long story. Needless to say, there had better be ice cream cake in my near future. And maybe the Vikings maternity shirt I saw in a store, since my jersey isn’t going to fit for most of the season. Hint, hint, honey.

I’ll see you on the other side, folks.

ps. Twitter is pretty much awesome. I hate to even admit it because I was a hold-out for so long. But I like it. A lot.

I signed up for a Twitter account last night. Mostly because I want to read what other people have to say (they all seem to be much more interesting than I am), but also because it will be a place to send the one sentence messages that I usually email to Ryan throughout the day, and then he doesn’t have to deal directly with my randomness.

Are you on Twitter?

We had our first doctor’s appointment on Wednesday, and I think it went really well. We really liked the doctor, and she answered the couple questions I had, and even though I know I started off this pregnancy overweight she said that she doesn’t like to see anyone lose weight during their pregnancy (I’ve lost about 5 pounds), which as odd as it might seem was reassuring – I didn’t feel like she was judging me.

She called with the test results today, and everything looks good, so that’s awesome. I do have to take some antibiotics, but it’s nothing serious, just some bacteria in my urine (yay, pregnancy oversharing!). Anyway, it’s apparently really common in pregnant women, and nothing to worry about as long as I take the medicine. From what I recall my sisters had similar issues with their pregnancies, and I told the doctor that, so she said we’ll be keeping an eye on things.

I was telling friends of ours today that while I was fairly certain I was pregnant even before the appointment (the positive test and no period for a couple months were pretty good indicators ;-)), having the appointment done and the test results back make it feel that much more real. Because I’m pretty sure they would tell me if they got the results back and I wasn’t pregnant. ;-)

Anyway, things are going well. I have my appetite back (although that’s not exactly right…it wasn’t really my appetite that was gone, so much as my capacity to actually eat anything solid for a while). I’m still a little picky about food – things that I used to enjoy just don’t sound good and other stuff that I only kind of liked sounds fabulous.

In other news, we are going to work on the brakes on the car tomorrow morning for a while, and then on Sunday if needed. Luckily, the guy that is helping us out has a vehicle we can borrow if we can’t take our car tomorrow morning (we are a 1 car family at this time). Hopefully it will be a relatively easy job, but we haven’t worked on them before. Any tips for working on the rear brakes of a Toyota Echo?

Our first doctor’s appointment is tomorrow, and all the articles/books I’ve read say that you should write down all of your questions for the doctor so that you don’t forget them. Which is a fabulous idea, if you can think of questions in the first place. I mean, I have a couple (Should I be taking a fish oil pill in addition to my prenatal vitamin? Is the prenatal I’m taking a good one? Are there any activities/foods that I should avoid that wouldn’t seem to be common sense?), but not many. I feel like maybe this is unusual…other people seem to be full of questions. And usually I’m one of those types. But I feel like between all the reading I’ve been doing and all of the pregnant women I’ve known (or know who are currently pregnant) I have a wealth of information at my fingertips. And most of the information says “Don’t do anything you know is stupid, rest when you can, and eat as healthily as you can.” So I don’t have any super-pressing questions. Is this weird?

Don’t get me wrong – there are lots of things I wonder about that will come later in the pregnancy, about labor especially. But I want to do more reading about it so I feel more informed before I start asking specific questions. Does that make sense? It’s not at all that I feel pressured to be so informed by anyone else, it’s just that I don’t want to waste time by asking questions that I could have answered on my own with a little research ahead of time. And while I’m sure the next 8 months will go by quickly there is still plenty of time to ask about that kind of stuff.

So yah…that’s where I’m at right now. If you have kids, what is the advice you wish someone would have given you about being pregnant? What kinds of questions do any of you think I should be asking?

ps. WHAT is the DEAL with feeling like I’m hungry and then only being able to eat a couple bites of whatever is in front of me? We had grilled chicken salad last night, and usually I can eat a big plate of the stuff. I love salad and I love chicken, but I seriously think I had maybe 5 bites of it yesterday and couldn’t do it anymore. Sad! The only thing I seem to be able to eat regularly is ice cream, and even that is in small portions. I love ice cream, don’t get me wrong, but I’m pretty sure it shouldn’t be the staple food of my diet right now.

pps. I know I said I would post pictures, and I will – I promise! I’ve just been EXTREMELY lazy tired lately. I’m totally pulling the pregnancy card on this one, although if you look back I have kind of a bad habit of taking FOREVER to post photos. But I will get to it – I promise!

Ryan and I are going to the Twins game tomorrow with a bunch of people – we are taking a bus down there and going to tailgate and stuff, and I’m really looking forward to it (as is he – he hasn’t been to a game in about a year or so). Other than that, our weekend plans mostly involve sleeping a lot (on my part) and probably some video games on his part. I think if you asked him he would tell you that that’s one of the benefits of me being pregnant - I go to bed early and he’s free to play video games, where usually I would be harrassing him to come hang out with me. ;-)

Anyway, on Sunday I’m hoping to give a good update with lots of photos from the past few weeks.

Have a great weekend, everyone!